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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt:... therefore, of supporting and participating in local Scouting. (This will help to create local clientele and that general sentiment of interest and approval which constitutes one of the necessary elements in a successful campaign and in successful community work.) Second--THE ENROLLMENT OF INDIVIDUALS IN PERSONAL SERVICE TO BOYHOOD, to the community and to the Nation through participation in the Boy Scout Movement. (This may involve a mere expression of desire to help, or accept-ance of a commission as Scoutleader or Member of Council Com-mittee. It will effectively aid in the success not only of the cam-paign, but of the organized efforts in the interest of which the campaign is conducted. (The first service of such volunteers might well be in the cam-paign, thus creating a campaign personnel of men who will not half-heartedly go through with their part, but will put their whole soul and energy behind the task given them to do.) Third--THE RAISING OF THE FUNDS necessary to effectively organize and carry on the Scout Movement locally for one or more years. (This should be in effect community action, for the purpose of enabling the Scout Movement, as locally organized, to function in and for the community.) Fourth--ENROLLMENT OF THE LARGEST POSSIBLE NUMBER OF BOYS of Scout age as registered Scouts committed to the Scout Oath and Law and subjected to the benefits of the Movement for character-development and citizenship-training. (This objective should be emphasized before and during the cam-paign, but action should be deferred until after the campaign. It is the means to this end which the campaign makes possible.) With the public--and especially the prospective contributors--appealed to with these objectives and by methods which conform to the scientific an...